strongly opposing any move to restrict the prosecution of terror suspects on u.s. soil. turn right to the homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve who is following this story. what is going on here? >> a letter has been sent from the attorney general eric holder, but also from the defense secretary robert gates and sent to nancy pelosi, the speak over the house, and minority leader boehner saying to leave our options open and let us try the terror suspects in military courts and civilian courts and commissions. they say that the prosecutorial discretion is an executive branch function, and we believe it would be unwise and set a dangerous precedent for congress to restrict the discretion of our departments to carry out specific terrorism prosecutions. it notes that on several occasions, congress has voted to permit detainees, currently held in guantanamo, to be tried in courts here. >> and so this let ter wter wasd